cadds shipbuilding Computervision mainly for its CADDS product design software and its data management capabilities to bolster Pro/E. The acquisition also (perhaps serendipitously at the time when hardly anyone talked about PLM concepts) included collaborative software developed by Windchill Technologies , which was led by Jim Heppelmann (who heads PTC today). At the time, Windchill was the first to market Internet-based PLM solutions. Today, the PTC Windchill PLM suite [ evaluate this product ] is one of PTC’s main
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cadds shipbuilding PLM Analyst Conference 2014—Blending Virtual and Real Worlds—Part Two Last week on the TEC blog, I looked at the main themes of the Siemens PLM Conference 2014 I recently attended, including Siemens’ “realize innovation” strategy. Here are my thoughts regarding the rest of the conference, with a look at what’s new with “catalysts” and Teamcenter , and what else we can expect from the product lifecycle management (PLM) vendor in 2014 and beyond. Like last year, Day One of the
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cadds shipbuilding PLM Analyst Conference 2014—Blending Virtual and Real Worlds—Part One Several years ago, during the very first Siemens PLM Software analyst conference I attended, I felt lost in an ocean of info overflow. But each subsequent year that I attended the conference I felt I understood slightly more about the vendor’s overwhelming spread of offerings and strategies, and thankfully the vendor was also gradually refining its message on its burgeoning product lifecycle management (PLM), computer aided
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cadds shipbuilding 1998 for its competing CADDS product, but which also, as a byproduct of the acquisition, provided PTC with Windchill Technologies and its first-to-market Internet-based product lifecycle management (PLM) solution. Today, the PTC Windchill PLM suite [ evaluate this product ] is one of the company’s two main product lines and growth engines (as it will be analyzed shortly) The Division Group in 1999, for the visualization ProductView product, which was recently renamed Creo Elements/View in
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cadds shipbuilding Industry Watch: Enterprise Software News for the Week of July 23, 2012 SOFTWARE SELECTIONS & IMPLEMENTATIONS Seaspan selects IFS Applications to support its shipbuilding projects Industry tags: manufacturing “Seaspan is an association of companies primarily involved in multiple sea transportation businesses. Many such activities are project-based, which is IFS’ focus. No wonder that IFS was selected to provide an ERP system for Seaspan’s shipbuilding and repair facilities. Plus, it has a long
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cadds shipbuilding to Rule the Plant via Kineo, VRcontext, and LMS Acquisitions Siemens’s Industry Automation division, which includes Siemens PLM Software, continues with its strategy of offering manufacturing organizations virtually anything they might need—from product ideation and design to actual manufacturing execution and plant automation (including even the actual hardware products from sister divisions at Siemens). Still, the giant knows that hardly any large manufacturing company will procure everything
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cadds shipbuilding Questions to Ask Your Finance and Accounting Software Vendors Before You Buy ERP 10 Questions to Ask your Finance and Accounting Software Vendors before you Buy ERP If you receive errors when attempting to view this white paper, please install the latest version of Adobe Reader. In the face of this constant change, Tippit helps thousands of real business buyers make better decisions every day. We also help buyers assess financial services and software vendors who can solve their specific business
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cadds shipbuilding Less Learning Time? Find the Right Approach to Training A key challenge in software implementation is getting the end users up to speed with the new system. My experience has been that training is more often a failure than a help. At my last job, I found people doing astounding work-arounds to get their work done because they didn’t know how to use the system. There is a surprising but valid reason that managers skimp on training of all types. They don’t think training works. In many cases they are
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